SANTA CLARA — The following version of the 49ers-Cowboys rivalry will come beneath the Levi’s Stadium lights Oct. 8, some 9 months after a playoff duel received there be the house crew.
This season’s Week 5 matchup, on NBC’s Sunday Night time Soccer, was unveiled this morning by the NFL, which can reveal its full schedule come 5 p.m.
One other marquee matchup is already identified: the 49ers on the Philadelphia Eagles on Dec. 3, an NFC Championship Recreation rematch that the NFL — and 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan — started selling Wednesday night time.
“I'm glad we’re not taking part in Philly Week 1,” Shanahan stated on the Dwight Clark Legacy Collection on the California Theatre. “I need to play them at a greater time. I need to be sure that our entire crew is true there. …We felt we didn’t get to do it final time, and I’m prepared to return once more.”
That late-season assembly affords Brock Purdy additional time to get well from his right-elbow surgical procedure, which was required March 10 after his damage left the 49ers shorthanded in that 31-7 defeat at Philadelphia in late January.
Purdy received his eighth straight sport when the 49ers dispatched Dallas within the divisional-round playoffs, rallying for a 19-12 win on Jan. 22.
The Cowboys ended that sport on a preposterous observe: operating again Ezekiel Elliott snapped the ball out of a one-man formation and Dak Prescott’s ensuing move resulted in a hard-hitting sort out by Jimmie Ward.
Probably the most magical second within the 49ers-Cowboys rivalry is immortalized on the Levi’s Stadium northwest gate, the place statues of Dwight Clark and Joe Montana function a reminder of “The Catch” within the 1981 season’s NFC Championship Recreation.
The 49ers eradicated the Cowboys from the previous two seasons, with the January 2022 wild-card motion in Arlington, Texas, after which final January’s dwelling comeback.
The all-time collection is 19-19-1.
Listed below are the opponents on this season’s 49ers schedule, and examine again later immediately for dates and kickoff occasions:
Dwelling
Arizona Cardinals
Los Angeles Rams
Seattle Seahawks
Dallas Cowboys (Sunday night time, Oct. 8)
New York Giants
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals
Away
Arizona Cardinals
Los Angeles Rams
Seattle Seahawks
Philadelphia Eagles (Sunday, Dec. 3)
Washington Commanders
Minnesota Vikings
Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers
Jacksonville Jaguars